Whatever

Not sure why everyone has their shirt in a knot re: latest poll numbers... if you look back to the last Jan 2006 election - the final results had nothing to do with poll numbers 5 weeks earlier, let alone 2 months earlier.

On Oct 27th, 2005, SES Research had the Liberals at 40 and the Conservs at 28. On Nov 24th, EKOS had the Libs at 38.7 and the Conservs at 29.4. On December 7, Leger had the Libs at 39 and the Conservs at 27... Just a few sample numbers to name a few (click here to see a full list of polling data right up until the Jan 23, 2006 election)...

All that to say, that the only thing interesting about the latest polls is what they mean in terms of possible election date...Harper could feel that these numbers are good enough for him to start planning his own government's defeat... other than that, I'll start getting nervous if those numbers are the same the week before Election Day... until then, think we can all just chill...